Psalm 40:2 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 In this text: Psalm 39:3
And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Psalm 39:3
And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay; and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And He causes me to come up || From a pit of desolation—from mire of mud, || And He raises up my feet on a rock, || He is establishing my steps.
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Darby Darby Translation
And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
(40-3) He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:3
And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:3
And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, And from miry clay: And he set my feet on a rock, And ordered my goings aright.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation — from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.
FBV Free Bible Version
He pulled me out of the pit of destruction, out from the mud and the slime. He set me on a rock, and gave me a safe place to stand.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
E hízome sacar de un lago de miseria, del lodo cenagoso; y puso mis pies sobre peña, y enderezó mis pasos.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Me sacó del abismo de la desesperación, del pantano y del lodo; puso mis pies sobre senda dura y firme, y me fortaleció mientras yo proseguía mi camino.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Me sacó del pozo de la desesperación, del lodo cenagoso. Asentó mis pies sobre una roca y afirmó mis pasos.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Me sacó del pozo de la destrucción, del mugre y el lodo. Me colocó en una roca, y me dio un lugar seguro en el que permanecer.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Me sacó de un pozo profundo y desolado, del barro blando y pegajoso; puso mis pies sobre una roca y afirmó mis pasos.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:3
Καὶ ἀνήγαγέ με ἐκ λάκκου ταλαιπωρίας, καὶ ἀπὸ πηλοῦ ἰλύος· καὶ ἔστησεν ἐπὶ πέτραν τοὺς πόδας μου, καὶ κατεύθυνε τὰ διαβήματά μου.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex In this text: Psalm 40:3
וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי ׀ מִבּ֥וֹר שָׁאוֹן֮ מִטִּ֪יט הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן וַיָּ֖קֶם עַל־סֶ֥לַע רַגְלַ֗י כּוֹנֵ֥ן אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Psalm 39:3
Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Psalm 39:3
и҆ возведе́ мѧ ѿ ро́ва страсте́й и҆ ѿ бре́нїѧ ти́ны, и҆ поста́ви на ка́мени но́зѣ моѝ и҆ и҆спра́ви стѡпы̀ моѧ̑:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Psalm 39:3
извлек меня из страшного рва, из тинистого болота, и поставил на камне ноги мои и утвердил стопы мои;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
και με ανεβίβασεν εκ λάκκου ταλαιπωρίας, εκ βορβορώδους πηλού, και έστησεν επί πέτραν τους πόδας μου, εστερέωσε τα βήματά μου·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Извади ме из јаме, која бучи, и из глиба, и постави на камен ноге моје, и утврди стопе моје.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Izvadi me iz jame, koja buči, i iz gliba, i postavi na kamen noge moje, i utvrdi stope moje.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَأَصْعَدَنِي مِنْ جُبِّ ٱلْهَلَاكِ، مِنْ طِينِ ٱلْحَمْأَةِ، وَأَقَامَ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ رِجْلَيَّ. ثَبَّتَ خُطُوَاتِي،
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT